Question

【题目】根据上下文在空白处填入一个适当的内容（不多于三个单词）或括号内提供单词的正确形式。

Many Chinese students studying abroad like to stay with host families to learn their language and culture. Nowadays, many Shanghai whitecollar workers have received native Englishspeaking_【1】__(nation) students as their host families, too, in order to learn English from them.

It is usually free for a foreign student to stay in a host family in Shanghai, but he/she must take_【2】__the responsibility of teaching English to at least one certain member of the family. Miss Li has always worried about her__【3】__(limit) English. “I never knew what to say to an Englishspeaking person，” she said. She has taken a number of English courses, but__【4】__has proved to be useful. Last year, she saw__【5】__advertisement recruiting (征募) host families for foreign students, and that was how Carey (from Chicago, U．S.) came to her home. Carey is actually not a student, but a__【6】__(manage). She stays in Li's apartment for free，__【7】__has to teach Li oral English for an hour every day. “She could hardly speak Chinese at the beginning, and we had to guess__【8】__each other meant through gestures，” said Li.

Two months later, they could talk to each other_【9】__gesticulating. Now, Li can communicate with any Englishspeaking person freely. About 100 Shanghai families have received foreign boarding students, and the figure_【10】_(rise). However, foreign boarding students can not only help improve oral English, but examination skills.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】international

【2】up

【3】limited

【4】none

【5】an

【6】manager

【7】but

【8】what

【9】without

【10】is rising

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲中国学生在国外学习，喜欢home stay。如今上海的白领免费接收国外学生到家里住，以跟他们学习英语为交换条件。

【1】international 考查形容词。 international根据文章内容，英语为本族语的学生是“国际”学生，作定语用形容词形式，用international。

【2】up 考查副词。因表示“担起责任”是take up the responsibility，用up。

【3】limited 考查动词。limited 在English前作定语用形容词，用limited。

【4】none 考查代词。从上下文看，“没有一种课程”管用，用none。

【5】an 考查冠词。指看到“一个”广告，表示“一个(块，张等)”用不定冠词，用an。

【6】manager 考查名词。经理，前文student学生，表示人，后文词性保持一致，也是人，用manager。

【7】but 考查连词。逻辑转折。免费是有条件的，用but。

【8】what 考查关系词。what引导宾语从句并在从句中作宾语，用what。

【9】without 考查介词。指两个月后就“不需要”手势就可以理解了，用without。

【10】is rising 考查动词时态。由语境可知，指目前或近阶段每一百户人家中接受外国人住的数目“正在上升”，用is rising。